Bail on health grounds cannot be mistaken as vindication for Mr. Erlinder - it just proves that the justice system he so freely criticizes was willing to show him compassion with respect to his physical and mental wellbeing. This will not deter the prosecution as we finalize the case against Mr. Erlinder. He will soon be called to defend his record of genocide denial that insults the people of Rwanda and inflames those who seek to harm us.

Thursday's bail hearing comes on appeal from the Gasabo Intermediate Court's decision Sunday ordering that Erlinder be detained for 30 more days [JURIST report] as the investigation is pending, citing flight risk, despite Erlinder's claim that he needed to return to the US for medical treatment following what Rwandan officials say was a suicide attempt [JURIST report].

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